This weekend Dani and her husband tried to pop down to the Taildragger in Minden for a late lunch. Unfortunately, no lunch after 2pm. Ominous clouds and weather motivated them to hustle to Reno where they parked just in time to miss the hail storm!

Dani and her hubby

Weather around Minden

Parked in safely in the Hanger just before it started hailing!!!

Rhonda went soaring!

Dani and her husband picked up a friend in Concord and flew to Monterey for lunch!

From Rhonda DeGarmo

I attended this event last night. It was awesome. What a great speaker. So interesting to hear stories about the space shuttle program.

One of our past Chairmen, Leah, took advantage of some excellent flying weather on Friday and did some touch and go’s in Carson. If I was out flying Friday, I would have a smile like Leah’s too!! Hope you’re getting out there and flying as well!!

Our Esteemed Chair Heather was flying for work and had this to say….

I flew a passenger into Augusta, Georgia for the Masters Golf Tournament last week. Not sure if anyone here is a golf fan but it was absolutely crazy. A sea of business jets lining the entire length of a taxiway and runway. It took almost four hours to get fuel and they charged us $2000 ramp fee.

This time, Staci has earned her Instrument Rating!! Congrats Staci!!

From Heather:

I had a long overnight in Washington, DC and toured the Stephen F Udvar-Hazy center, which is a part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. It is giant hanger like facility that had many historical aircraft and spacecraft. Walking in you are faced looking at the nose of a blackbird SR – 71, which is in my opinion is one of the coolest looking airplanes out there. I was fascinated to see the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress. It was eerie to think about it being the plane that dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima. The other fascinating exhibit was John Glenn’s Mercury capsule, Friendship 7. Simply amazing to see how small it was.

 If anyone ever heads out  East, I would definitely make this museum a definite must see.

From Tara:

Here are some photos from my recent flights.

My first solo was on Feb. 2 at Stead, & I've had a couple more flights with PIC time since.

I expect to be moving right along with my flight training in the next couple weeks with solo to another airport, cross country flight planning, & night flying.

I've also coordinated a weekly study session via the What'sApp & zoom with Rosella to go over the oral exam prep book. So far we've coordinated regular study sessions on Wednesdays around 5:30p. Anyone interested in joining can link up with us on the WhatsApp

Christine K (JLM Final Approach Scholarship Recipient) passed her Commercial Checkride.

From Elizabeth:

Sarah Krammen (Advanced Rating Scholarship Recipient) passed her checkride for her instrument rating on December 17, 2022.  

Let's give her a congrats!!

Hello Aviatrices,

Just a reminder that the Spring First Wings scholarship submittal is coming up fast.  Here are some (not all!) of the requirements.

https://www.ninety-nines.org/first-wings-award.htm

• Member of 99s for at least 3 months

• Logged at least 5 hours in last 6 months

• Need a mentor

• Must be student pilot

• Show financial need

• April 1st deadline

Although the deadline is April 1st, I strongly recommend that you review the application now and contact me with any questions.  The First Wings scholarship comes around again in October.

Take care,

Moe Makowski

RHS 99s AEMSF Scholarship Chair

775-409-9959

Per Tara, yesterday:

I flew solo today for the first time! I'm very thankful for my CFI at GBA, Troy, the little plane 752DW, & for everyone in this group for all the advice & support in my aviation journey!
I still can't believe I flew & landed this little plane all by myself!

Hello my fellow aviatrixes! It’s the beginning of the year and the Literary Aviatrix Book Club has published this years reading list. If you read any of them, please write a review and send it to us as rhswebmistress@gmail.com. See the reading list below. Happy Reading!

As of yesterday, we have new runway numbers at KRNO! Goodbye 16/34 and 7/25! Hello 17/35 and 8/26!

If you’re flying instruments, check out the new approach numbers as some of the have changed as well.

And of course the published documentation is not quite correct…

Photo from Great Basin Aviation

Photo from David Fishman

Photo from David Fisherman

As some of you know, RHS Member Rhonda D. is an artist, and creates amazing aviation art! See some of her pieces below. Much of her art is large scale, as in * Hangar sized *. Next time you see her at a meeting or social event, ask her to show you some photos. :)

Last Saturday a group of RHS 99s met at PF Changs for dinner. A member of the Reno Area Chapter also joined us! Bonus Points if you can identify who is in the photo….

Dani here -

The hubby and I were flying back from having lunch in Concord. I was flying and was on base for 16 R when we heard a distinctive “THUNK” sound.

We looked at one another and my husband said, “What was that?” I replied, “I don’t know…” Then we noticed the low voltage indicator was on.

Turns out it was our alternator belt, it broke. Nothing that 0.75 aviation units didn’t fix. Thank goodness it was an easy fix.

What are sounds you’ve heard while flying that meant something expensive (or possibly life threatening) occurred?

Well we get to high places in the sky in other ways! Moe and Elizabeth sometimes meet up for your average "hike" - Moe picked the first one above Lake Tahoe. It was so nice that Elizabeth picked the next one in Colorado. You may think this isn't flying, but if you were to slip, I can assure you, you'd be flying.

Elizabeth and Moe, high above Lake Tahoe, talking about landing planes on hillsides.

Here you see Elizabeth and Moe “hiking” in Colorado. I don’t know about you, but I think perhaps my definition of “hiking” and THEIR definition of “hiking” might be different. All I know for sure is that if either of them invites me for a hike (and I hope they do!) I will be careful to discuss a “Hiking Plan” before taking off…

What do you do when you’re not in a plane? Send your photos a stories to RHSwebmistress@gmail.com